Jul 3

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How Running Up That Hill in Marine Corps Boot Camp Shaped Me for the Rest of My Life

Chasing Sergeant Stinson, I ended up finding a new version of myself.

Photo by Philippe Gauthier on Unsplash

I stepped off the bus on to the hot asphalt of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot early in 1988 to begin three months of hell.

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Gray is a former Marine dancer grandpa visualist who writes to help adults figure out what they want to be when they grow up.

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Gray is a former Marine dancer grandpa visualist who writes to help adults figure out what they want to be when they grow up.

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